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  • MySpace Becomes LibrarySpace
    By Staff - 08/15/2006
    The megapopular MySpace has become the online home for many teens and young adults, and numerous libraries are beginning to set up their own accounts to meet their patrons there, offering links to library resources, contacts with librarians, and lists of “friends.” More

  • LFF Solicits Libraries for "Fit for Life" Program
    Lynn Blumenstein - 05/06/2008
    Libraries for the Future has received a $450,000 grant from the MetLife Foundation to expand its “Fit for Life” program, which will include 15 urban library systems nationwide in a yearlong fitness program. More
  • RA Crossroads No. 3
    By Neal Wyatt - 03/20/2008
    Ronald Mallett's NPR appearance leads me down a winding path. More
  • UK Culture Secretary: Why Not Try Library Home Delivery?
    Norman Oder - 03/10/2008
    Margaret Hodge, the Culture Secretary of the United Kingdom, on Thursday issued a tough challenge to the Association of London Chief Librarians, asserting that new programs like web-based lending with home delivery and libraries in shopping centers and train stations are necessary to revive public interest. More
  • The Word on Street Lit No. 2
    By Vanessa J. Morris, Clarion Univ. of Pennsylvania - 03/10/2008
    Street lit, ghetto books, or urban fiction: no matter what you call this hot genre, its many incarnations seldom remain on library shelves. To clue librarians into this infrequently reviewed phenomenon, LJ proudly presents The Word on Street Lit, a new monthly online column. In this edition: Woods, Chunichi, and Sher. More
  • In California, a New ATM for Books Debuts
    Lynn Blumenstein - 02/26/2008
    Self-service gets a boost with the nation’s first Library-a-Go-Go machine, to be installed in April in a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) location by the Contra Costa County Library. More
  • ULC Report Details How Libraries Serve Immigrants
    Norman Oder - 02/21/2008
    More and more, urban public libraries are stepping up to serve immigrants, and a new report from the Urban Libraries Council explains those strategies. More
  • Female Entrepreneurs Tell How Libraries Helped
    Norman Oder - 02/19/2008
    Over seven years, a partnership between the American Library Association’s Campaign for America’s Libraries and magazine has reminded readers how libraries help individuals and communities. Now four entrepreneurs get the spotlight. More
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